One of the most distant British colonies, Australia is both a country ... Formerly known as Bengal, Bangladesh separated from ...

Why are British colonies wealthier? Mercantilism ... becoming the dominant force in the trade with India. From £6 billion to £6 billion, exports jumped. By 1700, there were only 5 million, and by 1800 ...

English is the third most spoken language in the world and a huge amount of countries list it as an official language.

Rosina Margaret Hopkins’s short stories followed colonial tropes, with heroic White people and superstitious Orientals. But ...

Britain's colonies sent over two and a half million men to fight for Britain during the war. India sent the most soldiers. At that time, India included both Pakistan and Bangladesh. British ...

21, Issue. 1, p. 74. The lawyer and leading abolitionist James Stephen (1758–1832) published Volume 2 of The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated in 1830. The volume is an exposure of ...

Before India legalised homosexual sex in 2018 ... While there were several criminal codes used across British colonies around the world, in Asia one particular set of laws was used prominently ...

Bacteriology was established in India through a complex process of conflict and alignment between Pasteurism and British imperial medicine. This led to divergences and tensions within bacteriology as ...

The first widespread agreement across the American Colonies dealt with economic independence from British trade and taxation.

Constitutions, the bedrock of nations, outline fundamental principles, governmental powers, and citizen rights. While some have endured for centuries, others have been forged in the crucible of ...

Victoria state in Australia was the original host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, but withdrew last year citing rising costs.